John 13:16-18

Expanded Bible

¹⁶ ·I tell you the truth [^LTruly, truly, I say to you], a ·servant [slave; bond-servant] is not greater than his ·master [lord]. [^LAnd] A messenger is not greater than the one who sent him. ¹⁷ If you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.

¹⁸ “I am not talking about all of you. I know those I have chosen. But this is to ·bring about what the Scripture said [^Lfulfill the Scripture]: ·‘The man who ate at my table has turned against me.’ [^L‘The one who ate bread with me lifted his heel against me’; Ps. 41:9; ^Ceating with someone showed an intimate relationship, and lifting one’s heel was an act of betrayal.]